What we call real estate—the solid ground to build a house on—is the broad foundation on… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
What we call real estate—the solid ground to build a house on—is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.
The House of Seven Gables · 1851
★ 3.6Provenance
Current citation
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables, edited by Robert S. Levine. W. W. Norton & Company, 2020, ch. 17.
Original citation
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851, ch. 17.